Novelist S. Jae-Jones reads from and signs Wintersong, and discusses her novel with fiction writer Marie Lu, for a signed copy, purchase at least one copy of this author's new book from Vroman's, then three additional copies from home may also be signed, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)

Young adult writer Stephanie Barber discusses and signs her debut YA novel, Caraval with YA writer Jessica Cluess, A Shadow Bright and Burning, for a signed copy, purchase at least one copy of this author's new book from Vroman's, then three additional copies from home may also be signed, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 6:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)

Award-winning screenplay writer Elan Mastai discusses and signs his first novel, All Our Wrong Todays, about a techno-utopian paradise, for a signed copy, purchase at least one copy of this author's new book from Vroman's, then three additional copies from home may also be signed, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)

The EP Foster Library features a reading to celebrate Lummix 5 at its weekly poetry series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

Fiction authors MG Hennessey, Kristin Clark, and Brie Spangler present and sign their latest titles, The Other Boy, Jess, Chunk & the Road Trip to Infinity, and Beast, followed by a conversation about trans-characters in literature for kids, for a signed copy, purchase at least one copy of the new book from Vroman's, then three additional copies from home may also be signed, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 4:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)

Illustrator Maral Sassouni presents and signs her debut book, The Green Umbrella, a tale of imagination, sharing, and friendship, for a signed copy, purchase at least one copy of this author's new book from Vroman's, then three additional copies from home may also be signed, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 10:30 a.m. (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)

The Arcade Poetry Series presents a poetry reading by Alicia Morris Soto, her work is featured in Calyx: A Journal of Art and Literature By Women, and Nancy-Jean Pement, whose work has appeared in The Moorpark Review, hosted by Jackson Wheeler, Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, $5/CAM members free, 6:00 (805/385-8158, www.carnegiem.org)

"Enemy In The Garden: Anti-Semitism in America, Fact or Fiction?" event with thriller writer Harriet Pike, Enemy in the Garden: A Novel of Intrigue and Suspense, in a conversation with Rick Eaton, Simon Wiesenthal's Co-Director of Digital Terrorism and Hate Project, followed by a Q&A session on the reality of anti-semitism in today's America, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students/seniors, free to members, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

Fiction and nonfiction writer Mark Sundeen discusses his new book, The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America, it follows a diverse group of Americans, urban and rural, female and male, black and white, on their complicated quest for a simpler life, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Louise Westerhout at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

Cartoonist and illustrator Vanessa Davis launches her new graphic memoir, Spaniel Rage, the chronicle of her life as a single woman in New York, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

Emily Fridlund reads from her debut novel, History of Wolves, which follows fourteen-year-old Linda as she makes a set of choices that reverberate throughout her life, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

Reading by acclaimed poet Robert Pinsky, At the Foundling Hospital, former U.S. Poet Laureate for three terms, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, free tickets required and available at the Box Office one hour before the program, arrive early, paid parking under the museum, 7:30 (hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/02/robert-pinsky)

The EP Foster Library features a poetry reading by Lance Mason at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

Poetry reading by Ruth Susskind-Schneider, daughter of Jewish immigrants, she reflects in her poetry the rich texture of her early childhood in Brooklyn to life in Venice since the 1960s, hosted by Mariano Zaro, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)